Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-07-14
Ponds for Artificial Propagation of Trout.
American Aoricultur;st

Ponds for Artificial Propagation of Trout.
American Agricuturist.
There are scarcely two locations that
present exactly the same conditions for
the construction of trout ponds and uhere
the same plans should be carried out with
equal success. Perhaps the best system
for economizing water and space, and
which at the same time is the most con-
venlent for changing the fish from one
| pound to another, is to build series of
/ four to six ponds. Make them entirely
of wood. The plan have adopted is to
| build them two abreast, and the others
| following in order. Each should be about
20 feet long, II feet wide and feet deep
Unmatched hemlock timber an inch or
inch and one-half in thickness, is suitable
for the purpose. The ground is measur-
ed and staked off in the desired dimen-
siOns. The excavation is made as if for
| one pond, and stakes are driven at regu-
| lar intervals, few feet apart, around the
entire excavation. If the bottom is made
| of lumber which is Aecessary if the ground
| Is porous, that should be laid frat;
| scantliDg should run across the bottom
and be attached TO the stakes around the
side OF the pond upon which to lay it.
! If the bottom is made of lumber, the
pond can be kept cleaner and the water
| always clear. after the bottom is laid
| the sides should be inclosed with planks
running lengthwlse, and not straight up
and down, for the reason because that the
wood between wind and water is always
the first to decay. By placing the planks
leng thwise. new ones can be substitutes
with bat little expense, whereas If the
| boards were In a perpendicular position
1t would necessitate an entire change Of
lumber.
A double partition extends through the
| center of the excavation; the space be-
tween the sides should be about two feet
III width and filled in with earth. This
| strengthens the sides of the ponds and
also affords walk between them. The
two sides are then partitioned off into
com partments of equal sizes. The ponds
on each side of the central division
should have openings of about three
| feet between them, into which screens
| should be introduced SO as to keep the
fish separate and yet allow the water to
| flow through. The screens should DE SO
arranged that they can be readily re-
moved when it becomes desirable to give
the fish the range of Two or more ponds,
Little Things.
| What absurd little things people quar-
rel about. writes Mary Kyle Dallas. What
| trivial matters cause ill-feeling in famiI-
les. The mutton being roasted too little
or tie beef too much; an opinion about
the temperature of the house or the
style of the curtains that ought to be
bought for the front windows; the defini-
ton of a word or it's pronunciation, are
things that might be argued pleasantly
about, but surely are not topics worth q
quarrel when peace and good will are of
SO much importance in the home. A lit
tie ill-feeling is like little seed that may
grow into large tree which will shadow
the whole house. Many a man and
woman must lock back with regret on the
hasty word or the cold reproach which
wss the entering wedge that split house
hold in two, and yet how few make point
of uttering the word that turneth away
wrath!
Quarreling is one of the original
sins, 1 suppose, for the babies sitting on
the floor will fall out over their toys, and
one will push down the block tower that
the other has built up with great pains;
and there will be a name called, and
a face made and then mamma
will be called to settle quarrel, and 40
truth can be got at for each is right in
his own estimation, and each has been
wronged by the other. So it is through
life. A reasonable quarrel about great
matters may be settled, and the parties
made friends again; but little tiffs about
nothing are such foolish, intangible
things that reason cannot overcome
them.
Mr.. Labouchere says he admirss the